Overview
Cheng Bushi was a general and Official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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Assessments and attributes
- Assessment held up as exemplar equaled by Liao frontier officers · Mode historian-judgment
- Assessment incorrupt and scrupulous about regulations · Mode historian-judgment
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History of Liao, Chapter 91Volume 91 Biographies 21: Yelu Hanba, Yelu Tanggu, Xiao Paizhe, Yelu Jue, Yelu Pulidu · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 109Biography of General Li · 6 passages
居久之，孝景崩，武帝立，左右以為廣名將也，於是廣以上郡太守為未央衛尉，而程不識亦為長樂衛尉。
Some time later, Emperor Jing passed away, and Emperor Wu ascended the throne. The Emperor's advisors considered Guang a renowned general, and so he was transferred from his post as Governor of Shangjun to become Commander of the Weiyang Palace Guard, while Cheng Bushi was made Commander of the Changle Palace Guard.
程不識故與李廣俱以邊太守將軍屯。
Cheng Bushi had formerly served alongside Li Guang as a border governor and garrison commander.
程不識正部曲行伍營陳，擊刀鬬，士吏治軍簿至明，軍不得休息，然亦未嘗遇害。
Cheng Bushi, by contrast, maintained strict formations and encampments, posted sentries with watch clappers, and kept his officers working on military records until dawn. His troops got little rest, but he too was never taken by surprise.
不識曰：「李廣軍極簡易，然虜卒犯之，無以禁也；
Cheng Bushi said, "General Li Guang’s army is exceedingly loose and simple; if the enemy suddenly falls upon it, there is no way to restrain them.
是時漢邊郡李廣、程不識皆為名將，然匈奴畏李廣之略，士卒亦多樂從李廣而苦程不識。
At that time, Li Guang and Cheng Bushi were both renowned generals of the Han border commanderies. But the Xiongnu feared Li Guang's cunning, and the soldiers too preferred to serve under Li Guang, finding service under Cheng Bushi a hardship.
程不識孝景時以數直諫為太中大夫。
During the reign of Emperor Jing, Cheng Bushi had been appointed Grand Palace Master for his repeated candid remonstrances.